place
A topic under Roots & Belonging
Hometown, roots, city — geography as identity or subject.
95 calibrated songs carry this topic. They average -5, and they run from -88 to +80.
- Contamination5.3% carry a contamination flag, against 5.4% across the library.
- Where they land3 Ascended12 Elevated55 Decent13 Degraded12 Corrupted
When it leads, and when it rides along
21 of these songs are mostly about place, and those average -3. Where place is present but not the point, the average is -6. The topic reads higher by 3 points when it leads.
The span
Songs on this topic
- +80Candle in the Wind 1997Elton JohnNational elegy for a lost beloved
- +75Take Me Home, Country RoadsJohn DenverReverent homecoming to the land
- +68Pink HousesJohn Cougar MellencampIronic American-dream vignettes
- +56Born In the U.S.A.Bruce SpringsteenConscripted, then discarded at home
- +46Independence DayMartina McBrideChild's witness to a battered mother's fire
- +40End of BeginningDjo
- +39The Kids Aren't AlrightThe OffspringNeighborhood-decay elegy
- +39Waka Waka (Esto es Africa) [feat. Freshlyground]ShakiraResilience anthem of the fight and African pride
- +37AmericaNeil DiamondImmigrant hymn to a promised land of freedom
- +37The Twenty - One StepsPayTreeItReverent unknown-soldier vigil memorial
- +31SavannahJensen McRaeLeaving a destructive ex for a new city
- +30DowntownPetula ClarkDowntown pick-me-up
- +30Natives of the Windy ForestWillow SmithEarth-mother invocation and gathering call
- +28Ain't In LAADÉLAEncouragement that worth needs no big city
- +23PompeiiBastilleRuined-city witness with open questions
- +21Mercy AvenueHiss Golden MessengerStreet chronicle from one of its own
- +20God Bless The U.S.A.Lee GreenwoodProud, sea to shining sea
- +20God Bless The U.S.A.Lee GreenwoodProud, sea to shining sea
- +20Maria MariaSantana ft. The Product G&BBarrio love-portrait amid hardship
- +19RoyalsLordeAnti-luxury refusal with a queen fantasy
- +19Saturday In the ParkChicagoSunlit communal park gathering, hopeful note
- +18America the BeautifulRay CharlesPatriotic gratitude hymn of divine grace
- +18Chicken FriedZac Brown BandSimple-pleasures gratitude song
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